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Tech at Night: Catching up after Easter with Aereo, Google, and Obama

April 2, 2013

I meant to post over the weekend, but with RedState so active for Easter, I decided just to cancel the Friday Tech.

Hey folks, here’s more evidence: Population density matters for Internet speeds. Wealth also matters. Those who don’t adjust for these factors, and tell you US Internet speeds are slow or bad, are selling something. Usually government.

Aereo wins a day in court. Aereo is a service that lets you rent an antenna – your very own TV antenna – and hook up to it over the Internet to get broadcast TV signals into your home. It’s an innovative use of technology. Entrenched players seeking rents should not be able to shut it down. Just how incestuous is the content/cable relationship? Just how influential is that relationship in the current cable market, that people are trying to avoid with Aereo?

Barack Obama may be too much of a wimp to go after China, but at least House Republicans are ready to act against Chinese attacks stealing confidential information online. The Communist culture is bankrupt of ideas, and must take ours to survive.

The Washington Post says Google could tilt an election with bias. Sure, that’s true. But gee, couldn’t we say the same about, oh, the Washington Post? A paper known for going off on crazy jihads against Republicans in Virginia, smearing them as racist with no integrity and no shame? Imagine if Google actually endorsed candidates, like WaPo does.

PS, a reminder to sales tax compact proponents: whiny, mushy-headed complaining about “fairness” isn’t going to win people over. You just sound like big government, tax and spend Democrats when you talk like this.

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MCDONALD'S MANAGER ACCUSED OF ROBBING ANOTHER MCDONALD'S
(Florida, Court TV) - A 25-year-old McDonald's manager has been arrested on suspicion of robbing another McDonald's. Slater Smith and an accomplice allegedly barged into a Tampa restaurant and forced the manager to empty more than $300 from a safe. One of the robbers was armed with a handgun, the other with a butcher knife. The early morning heist appeared to be going smoothly until the mask on one of the robber's faces slipped down, exposing his face. Employees later picked Smith's photograph out of a police lineup. Police are investigating whether Smith was involved in the robberies of at least 20 other restaurants this year, according to Hillsborough County authorities. Smith was arrested as he arrived for work. He was immediately fired.